Night comes on Annecy lake

Night comes on Annecy lake

 

A recent image of the beach of Imperial Palace at night in Annecy.

Lake Annecy, dusk time on Albigny beach

Lake Annecy, dusk time on Albigny beach

 

Houses along the ocean in french Brittany

Houses along the ocean in french Brittany

 

An old image from a short visit to french Brittany six years ago.

Annecy lake, blue hour on Albigny beach

Annecy lake, blue hour on Albigny beach

 

After some long rainy weeks, the sun is back for a few days and i spent a nice time friday afternoon to complete my collection about Annecy lake.

All these new images have been posted this morning on my website.
If you want to have a look, it's here.

Annecy lake, autumn morning at Albigny beach

Annecy lake, autumn morning at Albigny beach

 

Albigny beach is one of the most popular along Annecy lake because it's really close to the city (I could say in the city !).

This image was done in the early morning about 10 days ago, during a walk started before dawn.
Others from this serie has been posted today on my website. You can check them from this page.

Weekly commented photo # 49 - Mediterranean dusk at Gigaro beach

Mediterranean dusk at Gigaro beach

This end of autumn is rainy and from a photographer's point of view, the landscape all around is not really exciting. I only made a few images in the past week and spent most of my time working on files from the preceding months. I'm also negociating with a TV channel which want to buy some of my photos but doesn't seems ready for the price i ask :).

So, this morning i was wandering about which image to feature here today when i receive an order from my french website for a print of the above photo.

I was a little surprised because that's an old image and because there is another one just near in the gallery that i find most beautiful. But after all a sale is a sale and one more time i was happy not to post only my own favourite images but all the "correct" ones.

Gigaro beach is a famous place in Saint Tropez area but i've just a few images from there. I think you can now retrieve most of them on this blog through this link.

Ocean waves on the beach in Guidel and a question about twitter notifications

Ocean waves on the beach in Guidel - Brittany

Another one from my old and short trip at Guidel 3 years ago.


I use Twitter for a few years. I find that's a nice tool to follow what's new and i use it to share my photos and also some links i find interesting.

I've always received email notifications when i've new followers. For a few time, i also receive notifications when somebody retweet my posts or mention me. That's nice but that doesn't work every time.
Does it depend of how people retweet or mention, does it come from the tools they use to tweet ?
I'd just like to understand, if somebody knows ...

Ocean view in Guidel - Brittany

In may 2008, i spent a few days on the atlantic coast near Guidel in Brittany.
I don't know why but i just published one image from this trip on this blog when i came back and i just found the other ones this morning while looking at some old files for a client.

Annecy - Dawn on the lake at Imperial beach and 5 sites to discover

Annecy, dawn on the lake at Imperial beach

Another image from Annecy lake at the Imperial beach.
Done the same day but a few time later than this one.

The 5 sites to discover if you're interested in photography :

• http://www.xavifuentes.com
  Beautiful long exposures from Xavi Fuentes.
  
• http://www.friedmanphoto.com
  Amazing panoramic landscape by Stevel Friedman.
  
• http://dudewithcamera.com
  Various and beautiful images from Jesse Pafundi.
  
• http://www.85mm.ch
  Street photography by Thomas Leuthard.
• http://www.mikehollman.com
  Stunning landscapes from New Zealand by Mike Hollman

Annecy - Dusk on the Imperial beach

Annecy - Dusk on the Imperial beach

After my first attempt with photographying this place at dawn, i decided to come back the day after for some dusk images.
I initialy wanted to frame the big diving board really closer but i don't know why, i changed my mind on the last minute.

Weekly commented photo #3 - Annecy, dawn on the Imperial beach

Annecy - Dawn on the Imperial beach

This beach is named Imperial beach because it's in the park of the Imperial Palace.
It's a very well know and appreciated place for all the people living in Annecy. They bath here in summer and have some walks in other seasons. When i was a child, what is a palace now was an old and derelict buildind but the diving boards were ever there and i loved to play with them. It was a frightening but very exciting game.

When i moved back to Annecy in july, it was one of the first places where i wanted to come and make photos.
The two first times i arrived there at dawn, the gates to the beach where locked by chains. A little disapointed i made other images of the lake and abandonned the project waiting for the doors to re-open.
Recently, while speaking with a friend of mine, he told me that the gates were no more locked and seemed suprised because he had some walks here almost every day. Perharps did i just arrive too soon in the morning ...

On saturday morning, i arrived in Annecy at about 7 am, found the gates opened and did a few tests searching for the best point of view.
The image presented here was done about one hour after my arrival and is my real fav from this day.
I have others with the same composition done a little time before but the light is a little more dull and others made later with different framing but the blue is a little too intense for my tastes.

On the technical side, the photo was done using a Nikon D200, a 17-35 zoom, a Hoya ND 400 filter for the long (more than 100s) exposure and a 0.6 soft GND filter to balance sky and foreground. Raw file processing was minimal and done with SilkyPix.

If you like long exposure photography with or without filters, you can click here to find all my posts about it or here if you just want to see the ND 400 in action.

Don't forget : click on the image to see it large :)

Back from the ocean

Atlantic coast near Guidel in Brittany
Last week i had to move with my wife and daughter from Provence to Brittany.
It was a 2600 km trip in our old van and under a non stopping rain. We spent 3 days in Brittany near Guidel and we had just one non raining afternoon. It was not a photographic trip but i couldn't resist to a little game with the waves.
The ocean is beautiful even under the rain !